The Daily Targum 2009-11-5

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It is tough to break into show business, but for a lucky few, it is part of their DNA to hit big screen success.

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Panelists uncertain of Christie’s policies, plans

BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A day after Governor-elect Chris Christie defeated Gov. Jon S. Corzine for the gubernatorial seat, the Eagleton Institute of Politics played host to panelists who analyzed the outcome of this year’s election and what the results mean for New Jersey.

All four panelists agreed the future of the state is uncertain under the Christie administration.

“Christie campaigned on an antiCorzine [platform]. There was a lot of anything-but-Corzine sentiment out there,” said Associated Press State House reporter Angela Delli Santi said.

“We don’t have a lot of specifics on Chris Christie. We don’t know how he’s going to tackle some of these fiscal problems.

We don’t know what his administration is going to look like.”

Political columnist for the StarLedger Tom Moran said the state of the economy would influence Christie’s time in office.

Regardless of Christie’s intentions for New Jersey, everything depends on whether the state economy rises or not, he said.

“Christie made a big deal about one of his top priorities where he said he would like to spend more on higher education.

On the other hand we’re facing an unprecedented difficult time period,” Moran said.

Christie’s promises to not raise taxes might be compromised if he intends to improve government organizations such as public higher education, he said.

Moran said Gov. Jon S. Corzine was defeated because of his performance in office.

“The general consensus on [Corzine] from people I speak to is he’s a well intentioned man, but really a terrible politician … He kept trying to do the right thing, but he kept stumbling,” Moran said.

Gordon MacInnes, a fellow at the Centur y Foundation, shared similar

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Following Republican Chris Christie’s gubernatorial election win on Tuesday night, Eagleton Institute of Politics panelists say the governor-elect does not have set plans for the future of New Jersey.

RUSA MEMBERS TO PRESENT CAMPUS SURVEY RESULTS TO MCCORMICK ADMINISTRATION Members of the Rutgers University Student Assembly asked students “What’s on your mind?” throughout October and the students have spoken.

The Campus and Professional Councils will present the findings to University President Richard L. McCormick and members of his administration today at 7 p.m. in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus.

“We’re excited as student government to have so many top administrators at our assembly meeting tomorrow,” Assembly

Chair Werner Born said. “To be able to show them all accurate statistical data and directly raise concerns to all of them at once can really expedite the process of getting things fixed for the student body.”

Vice President for Academic Affairs Phillip J. Furmanski, Vice President for Student Affairs Gregory S. Blimling and Vice President for Undergraduate Education Barry Qualls will also be in attendance, Assembly Recording Secretary Meet Shah said.

Each council conducted studies for its own constituents through their own methodology and prepared its own presentations to present to the body and the administration, Shah said.

“My favorite aspect of the presentations is how they curtail to specific campus and professional school student needs,” he said. “The councils did a great job compiling this data and putting it together. We can see detailed needs, how many students in the same constituency share these needs and how priorities differ from campus to campus.”

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Provisional ballots delay results of ward question

BY ARIEL NAGI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The day after the election, Empower Our Neighborhoods, Unite New Brunswick, the city and voters were expecting to know the final results of the ward-based system question altering the

composition of the city council, but now they will have to wait two more days.

The results — which could change the council to the hybrid, ward system proposed by EON or remain at-large as advocated by UNB — were originally delayed because a number of absentee and provisional ballots were not yet

counted, New Brunswick City Spokesman Bill Bray said.

The ballots were expected to be counted by yesterday, but the results will not be released to the public until tomorrow, Bray said.

Now there are mostly provisional ballots remaining, EON member

Charlie Kratovil said. There are about 200 yet to be counted.

The Middlesex County Board of Elections could not be reached for comment at press time, but Bray said the board is working to get the results out.

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Departments may post online syllabi to aid registration

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INDEX SPORTS The Rutgers men’s soccer team picked up a victory over West Virginia, upending the Mountaineers 2-0.

METRO Hungry for pizza?

Check inside to see which pizzeria online readers chose as their favorite in the city.

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School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Catherine Yeh, left, and sophomore Alisa Czachowski compete in the “Rock, Paper, Scissors” tournament last night at the College Avenue Gym, sponsored by Rutgers Recreation.

During the course registration period, some students may be confused about what classes to register for because they are unsure of what the class is about and what to expect.

But now that more students are requesting professors post syllabi online during the registration period, some University staff and faculty are taking the idea into consideration.

“I am very supportive of faculty developing effective syllabi for their courses and posting them online,” Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs Philip J. Furmanski said. “Online syllabi help in reducing costs by providing early information for students regarding books and other materials that might be required in any particular course and in making better decisions about their curricula.”

But Director of Scheduling and Space Management Arun Mukherjee estimated only about

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BANDS BATTLE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR JIMMY V FOUNDATION

Permit delays push back Moe’s opening

BY ASRAA MUSTUFA STAFF WRITER

The brothers of the University’s Delta Chi fraternity are hoping a little competition among local bands will help raise money for cancer research at their third annual “Battle of the Bands.”

Five bands — WeatherPROOF featuring DJ AppleJuice, Elephant Ghost, Threat Level: Midnight, The Keating Experience and Death to Surprise — will compete for the chance to win $200 this Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Delta Chi house at 14 Union St. in New Brunswick.

The fraternity members, who all have connections to different local bands, chose the competitors, said member Peter Sims, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

The original idea for “Battle of the Bands” was to recruit men for the fraternity, said Delta Chi President John Perrone.

“We did a little bit of research and reached out to the five bands which we felt would put on the best show for the crowd,” said Perrone, a Cook College senior.

This year, the fraternity is transforming the competition into a charity event to raise money for Delta Chi’s national philanthropic organization, the Jimmy V Foundation, he said.

“We are looking to raise anywhere between $1500 and $2000, hopefully more,” Perrone said.

The fraternity will donate 100 percent of the profits to the foundation, one of the largest cancer research fundraising organizations in the world, Sims said.

The Jimmy V foundation has raised more than $90 million dollars and awarded 92 grants for cancer research, Perrone said.

Tickets will be available for $5 at the event or can be purchased prior by contacting the fraternity, Sims said.

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New study lounge replaces campus arcade

BY COLLEEN ROACHE STAFF WRITER

Although The Cove, an arcade at the Busch Campus Center, is undergoing some changes, fun and games will not necessarily become distant memories.

Busch Campus Center manager Kevin Killen said the game room that has been a fixture in the center for several years will become a student lounge similar to The Red Lion Café at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus, minus a food vender.

The project is set for completion after the installation of Internet service, a projector and a few more pieces of furniture, he said.

“It’s going to be an open space for students … that will have wireless Internet access, where students can come relax, study, get some work done, etc.,” Killen said.

The project will cost an estimated $185,000, which will come from Student Life funds, said George Hefelle, associate director of Student Life Operations.

Student organizations and University departments will be able to reserve the new Cove for special events, unlike the arcade, Killen said.

After its transformation, The Cove will feature two coin-operated billiard tables and a screen, which will allow students to congregate and watch televised programs, he said.

The transformation is a result of student opinion of the arcade, Killen said.

Campus administrators issued a survey last spring to stu-

dents of all campuses to determine whether or not students had a genuine interest in the arcade, he said. Results showed interest was waning and students thought the space could be better utilized.

“We really concentrated on what students had to say,” Killen said.

Busch campus resident David King said he supports the conversion of The Cove.

“I think that’s a fantastic idea,” said King, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “I think it will be a great place to study.”

King said he was not a frequent user of the arcade, and though he was somewhat bothered by the cost, overall he thinks the space could serve a different purpose.

“I think it will be a much better use of the area,” he said.

Busch campus resident Ankur Pahwa disagreed with King and said The Cove should remain a center for arcade games.

“I think people use [the arcade],” said Pahwa, a Rutgers Business School sophomore.

“Last year, I lived on Livingston, and I used to come all the way over to Busch just to use the arcade there.”

Pahwa said campus administrators should focus more on providing students with wireless Internet capabilities in their dormitor y rooms instead of in The Cove.

He said the University should invest the money in more dormitories, especially since a few of his friends live in hotel rooms or off-campus apartments due to lack of housing.

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Moe’s Southwest Grill will be opening later than originally planned in the Busch Campus Center food court.

Previously scheduled to open in early November, Moe’s Coowner Noraiz Khan said they are waiting for permits to come in from Piscataway to start construction on the new “Fresh Mex” venue.

“We’ll be opening this semester,” Khan said. “I’m still hoping for [sometime in] November.”

Assistant Director of Operations at Busch Campus Center Kevin Killen said while he hopes Moe’s will be open by the end of this semester, no specific opening date has been set.

Moe’s will ser ve Southwestern grill items such as burritos, quesadillas, nachos and salad, Khan said.

“It’s my favorite fast food restaurant — I love it,” said Emely Torres, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy four thyear student. “I eat it at home [near Atlantic City. When] is it [coming?] Fall [semester] is halfway through.”

Moe’s would appeal to students because of its customizable menu, Khan said. The franchise is also known for its unusual item names, such as the

“Homewrecker” burrito and the “John Coctostan” quesadilla.

He said vegetarian options will be available for every menu item, including marinated and grilled tofu.

“We’re bringing the freshness to the table,” Khan said. “Moe’s is really all about ‘whatever you want, you can put it in.’”

“We really wanted to meet the needs of the Rutgers community and respond to their feedback.”

KEVIN KILLEN Assistant Director of Operations at Busch Campus Center

School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Seedra Enver said she is excited about Moe’s. “It’ll bring so much variety to Busch campus, especially for people with special dietar y restrictions, such as vegetarians,” she said. “Food options at Busch are so limited.”

Khan said he has not yet decided on prices for the campus center but plans to make them reasonable for students. At his other Moe’s location in North

Brunswick, items range from $3.99 to $8 and each meal comes with free chips and salsa.

“We’re going to build prices with students in mind,” he said.

“If we can do something cheaper, we will.”

A committee of University staff and students selected Moe’s from a variety of interested vendors last spring, Killen said. The concept was based on results from a survey of more than 2,500 University students, faculty and staff.

“We really wanted to meet the needs of the Rutgers community and respond to their feedback,” Killen said. “We continue to be enthusiastic and excited to be working with Moe’s Southwest Grill, and believe they will provide excellent ser vice to the entire Rutgers community.”

Killen said the campus center will work in conjunction with Moe’s to plan grand opening events for early spring semester.

In addition to his North Brunswick location, Khan said he plans to open more Moe’s restaurants in Central Jersey, including East Brunswick, the Manalapan and Freehold area and the Marlboro and Holmdel areas.

Khan said there will be about 25 job oppor tunities available to University students with the opening of Moe’s in the campus center.

Spring 2010 Registration begins Sunday, November 8th at 10:00 pm - 2:00 am for undergraduate students with 105 or greater degree credits and all graduate students. For registration schedules and additional information, please access: http://nbregistrar.rutgers.edu/undergrad/s10prereg.htm or email questions to: gradreg@rci.rutgers.edu or reghelp@rci.rutgers.edu

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CHRISTIE: Students unsure of NJ education plans continued from front views with Moran and said Corzine’s lack of aggressive political leadership led to his inability to fix problems in New Jersey.

As a one-year member of the Corzine administration, MacInnes often witnessed Corzine submit to the legislative leadership of the state.

“I don’t think Gov. Corzine understood the political side [to his leadership]. I think he assumed there were a set of rules that you play by … that are set by the people you deal with,” he said. “The governor is the leader … The governor has got to set the agenda, particularly in perilous times.”

In terms of the election, MacInnes believes Corzine created voter apathy by suggesting the Democratic majority of voters would break the tie between him and Christie, and carry him back into office.

Corzine had many incumbent advantages in this election but still managed to lose, Delli Santi said. Christie’s victory was referendum on the Obama administration and there was a deep voter discontent that Republicans tapped into. “[President Barack] Obama came in and raised the stakes of this election, calling Jon Corzine a partner and his friend, and asking people to give the same commitment to Corzine that they gave to him last year, but it didn’t work,” Delli Santi said.

A major factor contributing to Corzine’s loss was the amount of campaign spending, said Bergen County Clerk Kathleen Donovan.

The election’s playing field was leveled out when the Democrats spent much less money on campaigning.

“New Jersey is not just a Democrat state. If the playing

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field is even, you’re going to see a that whatever happens will be for greater mix of Republicans and the betterment of the state.

Democrats,” Donovan said.

“Under Corzine I know we Students are uncertain of what weren’t going in the right to expect from Christie and his direction anyway because of plans for higher education. [the] plenty of budget cuts he “In spite of his was planning,” leanings, I have a said Zaid feeling he’s going Abuhouran, “The governor is to have to come to president of the leader. The the center on Rutgers Young some things, governor has got to A m e r i c a n s because he’s for Liber ty. set the agenda, working with a Abuhouran, a democratic legislaSchool of particularly in ture in a state that Environmental tends to lean demand Biological perilous times.” ocratic,” said Sciences sophoGORDON MACINNES Car yn Miller, a more, knows Panelist School of Arts and Christie’s aims to Sciences junior. not raise taxes will Miller remains leave less money a little concerned for the future for other state organizations, but considering the new mix of he believes the Governor-elect Republican and Democratic inter- will ultimately find a way to ests in New Jersey, but is certain improve higher education.

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Governor-elect Chris Christie, above, celebrates his 4 percent defeat over Gov. Jon S. Corzine at his Tuesday night election party in Parsippany.

Panelists attribute Corzine’s loss to a decrease in spending, which leveled the playing field, and his lack of leadership in office.

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Celebrate the 140th anniversary of the football game that founded intercollegiate football.

The Rutgers Army ROTC “Run For The Warriors” will start at 8:30 a.m. and raise awareness on campus for organizations like Hope For The Warriors.

The Rutgers women’s rugby club sports team just became Metropolitan New York Rugby Union champions for the third time in four years and will be competing in the first round of Northeastern Rugby Unions. The match will take place at 11:30 a.m. Saturday on the club sports field on Busch campus. The field is located on the corner of Bartholomew and Brett Roads.

The Zimmerli Student Advisory Board is hosting a masquerade ball for students. Dance to music from a live DJ, learn the cha-cha from RU Ballroom, win prizes in a raffle drawing or a scavenger hunt, have your photo taken by a professional photographer and enjoy a variety of hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. Formal attire is required. A mask is included with the ticket price but feel free to bring your own. Tickets are available ever y Tuesday and Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus. The price is $8 in advance or $10 at the door.

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The Livingston Campus Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 113 of the Livingston Student Center. They hold weekly meetings.

The SEBS/Cook Campus Council will hold their weekly meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Cook Campus Center.

The Engineering Governing Council meets every other Monday at 8:10 p.m. in BCC 116.

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How would you feel if the FBI knew exactly what librar y books you had taken out? Many librarians have been labeled as radical militants because they have been favoring the First Amendment and not encouraging this section of the Patriot Act. What side of the debate do you agree with: supporting the right to free speech or helping Americans fight terrorism? Jenna Freedman and Valerie Bell will address this issue from 7 to 9 p.m. at the School of Communication and Information building, Room 212 during “Activist Librarianship and the Ethics of Librar y Neutrality.”

The Douglass Governing Council meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Trayes Hall A of the Douglass Campus Center.

The Busch Campus Council meets at 7:00 p.m. in BCC 120 ABC. They hold meetings every other week.

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The Newark Lincoln Bicentennial Conveners Committee and the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Foundation present an important civic conversation entitled “The Humane City: Race, Ethnicity and Freedom in Urban America.” The town hall meeting, moderated by Newark’s own James O. Horton, will bring together a respected panel of educators, historians and journalists to explore what it takes to build a compassionate city where the challenges of diversity and social justice are confronted daily on the streets, in the schools and along the halls of power. Taking place from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Newark Museum, panelists will discuss what it takes to mobilize a city’s great physical, financial and intellectual resources for the good of its people.

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“Emerging Directions in African and African-American Diaspora Studies” will take place from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus. In the 40 years since the birth of Black and Africana Studies, the now-expansive, interdisciplinary field has transformed the academy. Recognizing this year as a major milestone in African and African-American scholarship, scholars across disciplines from the University and beyond come together to offer insights on today’s challenges and possibilities while also considering the road ahead. To attend the conference, please e-mail the Center for Race and Ethnicity at raceethnicity@sas.rutgers.edu.

The Unplugged Rutgers Board Game Club will be having its weekly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Busch Campus Council Room 174. Come by to meet new people, chow down on food and try some board games that you have never seen!

They play everything from chess to “Last Night on Earth,” a zombie-survival horror game.

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The Rutgers rugby football club, which recently entered the MARFU Premier League, faces off at 1 p.m. against Maryland at the Scarlet Knight Sport Club Field. The field is located on the corner of Bartholomew and Brett Roads on Busch campus.

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WARD: Board of Elections waits on provisional voters’ IDs continued from front “The provisional ballots are in their hands,” he said.

The ballots are not being counted yet because a lot of voters were denied the right to vote at the polls, EON President Martha Guarnieri said. Many had to fill out a paper provisional ballot because of improper identification or because addresses on IDs did not match the address registered.

Guar nieri said some students had to mail in copies of their IDs to the Middlesex County Board of Elections Of fice within 48 hours after the election.

ONLINE: Professors can post syllabi on department sites continued from front 50 percent of professors post their syllabi online when students are scheduling classes.

According to the Computer Science Department Web site, the depar tment posts course syllabi on the Web site. For each course, a general description is provided, as well as the number of credits, prerequisites, semesters offered, topics covered in class, expected work, exams and links to the professor’s class URL. Posting syllabi online is very easy, as long as you get your syllabus ready on time, said

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“This allows you to still vote and then send your ID in after,” said Guarnieri, a Rutgers College senior.

The Board of Elections Office is still waiting to receive all of the copies so that they can count the remaining ballots, she said.

Guarnieri said she hopes any students that voted and were asked to send in copies of their IDs remember to send them so their votes are counted.

“I just want to remind all students who voted and did not send a copy of their ID in yet to do so as soon as possible,” she said.

Kratovil said EON would remain persistent within the next few days to be sure all the eligible votes are counted.

“Those ballots should be counted, and if we’re involved,

they will be counted,” Kratovil said.

EON member John Aspray said a lot of the issues had to do with many students’ campus addresses not matching their home addresses on their IDs, so they were denied the ability to vote at the machines.

“People registered to vote for [the] president at these addresses, and they were not allowed to vote again with [those addresses],” said Aspray, a Rutgers College senior. “Whatever those provisional ballots say needs to be heard.”

UNB member Kyle Kirkpatrick said the heavy use of provisional ballots on Tuesday may have been from mistakes made on applications or it may be from voters who

were tr ying to vote in New Brunswick when they were not eligible to.

“Some [of the provisional ballots] may be from people who weren’t allowed to vote there, and some may be just from human error,” Kirkpatrick said.

Proper identification is required to register to vote in the first place, so a lot of the provisional ballots may have been due to mix-ups like misspelled names on applications, rather than the voter fraud so many people were expecting, Kratovil said.

“To register to vote, you have to have an ID,” he said. “You can’t just say ‘Hey, my name is Joe and I want to vote.’”

Kratovil said he believes a majority of the provisional ballots are “Yes to wards” votes, because they were mainly ballots from the

area around the College Avenue campus, which he believes is composed of mostly “yes voters.”

Kirkpatrick said this is not something anyone can predict if they have not seen the ballots.

“I know that [the ballots are from voters] city-wide,” Kirkpatrick said. “It can be mixed all over the city. There’s no way I can predict which way it’s going to swing. It’ll be pointless.”

He said the fact that the results will not be available until tomorrow shows how close the election was.

“The fact that it’s come so close it is at least indicative that people are passionate about [the ward question] one way or another,” Kirkpatrick said. “[Voters] care about what is going on in New Brunswick — regardless of the outcome.”

University associate professor Ethel Brooks.

Yet many students are using sources not affiliated with the University, such as www.ratemyprofessors.com, to determine which professor or course to take, especially when syllabi are not posted.

“Right now, I sometimes use the posted syllabi, but it’s not my first choice,” said Robert Gatdula, a School of Engineering sophomore. “I’d say about half my professors post syllabi and if they’re not posted, then I just take the class and hope that it’s a class I need to take.”

The University Senate recommended that the information for each course should contain the course description, including information on expected

work and grading str ucture such as assignments, papers, projects and exams, Mukherjee said. It is the responsibility of each depar tment to have a course syllabus page.

Professors are supposed to work with departmental administrators to have their syllabus posted on the depar tment’s Web site.

Brooks said some professors might not know how to post a syllabus online.

“I honestly think that [not having more professors post their syllabus online] may have to do with them being a little technologically ner vous about doing these things or about copyright issues, because the syllabus is always the product of [the professor’s] thinking,

and some people just don’t want it replicated by some faculty or other universities or even at this University,” Brooks said.

Gatdula said professors should take the time to become familiar with posting syllabi online.

“For those professors, I would say at this day and age they should learn how to post the syllabus — it’s really not that complicated,” he said. “I would go a step further and recommend they also post past syllabi, so students can see how the course has changed over time.”

Furmanski said the Office of Academic Af fairs strongly encourages online posting of syllabi through deans and depar tment heads and also

through the regular processes of academic review.

Some departments do not have an information technology staff due to budget cuts, making this difficult, Mukherjee said.

Some solutions would be to have deans set aside money and centralize posting syllabi or hiring students to do so.

Having more professors post syllabi during the course registration period would really benefit students, Gatdula said.

“I really want to see that because when it comes to choosing classes, it’s really hard looking at what a class is and not knowing what it’s exactly supposed to be about,” he said. “With the syllabus, you get a good description of the class, but without it you’re just really confused.”

STUDENTS RECEIVE $500 AWARD FOR PERSIAN CULTURE LITERATURE WORK Two students from Rutgers-Newark won $500 awards for their work on Persian culture and literature from the Persian Cultural Foundation yesterday in the Paul Robeson Campus Center during its four th annual awards ceremony.

Newark College of Arts and Sciences junior Shabeer Wali and Rutgers Business School senior Adrienne Jensen won the awards in a University competition sponsored by the foundation.

“This event promotes Persian culture, literature, music and art through the American community and awards talented individuals of all cultures and backgrounds who celebrate this tradition,” Professor Minoo Varzegar said in a University Media Relations press release.

Persian entertainment and a reception featuring Persian food followed the awards ceremony.

Varzegar and the president of the foundation in Clifton, N.J., Akbar Ghahary, were both present at the event.

“To promote Persian culture and literature among young people of multinational backgrounds, the Persian Cultural Foundation in Clifton, in collaboration with Rutgers University, selects the two best papers on Persian culture and literature,” Varzegar said.

A committee of reviewers selects the winning papers.

University students submitted more than 80 entries last year.

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Holt tells children to get ‘head start’

BY ADRIENNE VOGT COPY EDITOR

Rep. Rush Holt, D-12, might agree with Dr. Seuss: “A person’s a person no matter how small.”

Holt emphasized the positive effects of Middlesex and Somerset County Head Start programs Sunday at a story time event at the Barnes & Noble bookstore on Route 1 in North Brunswick.

“The Head Start program … is one of the most successful programs to come out of Washington,” Holt said. “The kids who have gone through the Head Start program do better in elementary school, they do better in middle school, they do better in high school and, in fact, they end up being more productive adults.”

Holt read aloud two books with environmental themes: “Michael Recycle,” by Ellie Bethel and Alexandra Colombo, and “The Lorax,” by Dr. Seuss.

About 30 children aged 3 to10 years old of various ethnicities surrounded him in a semicircle on the floor, looking up aptly at him or squirming around. Parents huddled around them, many speaking to each other in Spanish.

Holt addressed the children directly throughout the reading.

“You can’t have too many books,” he said to them, also encouraging to set aside time with their families to read to each other.

The event kicked off the store’s Holiday Book Drive to benefit Community Development Institute Head Start of Middlesex County and Head Start of Somerset County. Until Dec. 31, customers can buy selected preschool-age books to donate to Head Start.

The Head Start programs of Middlesex County and Somerset Counties serve nearly 1,000 children, CDI Head Start Program Director Sari Workman said. Head Start is a community-based program catering to families by providing them with services in health, education, mental health, nutrition and more.

“Children cannot learn without the help of their families,” Workman said. “We work as partners with families, and that sets us apart from other preschool programs.”

The federally-funded program provides grants to local public and private non-profit and for-profit agencies to provide child development services to low-income children and families, with a special focus on helping preschoolers develop early reading and math skills, according to the Office of Head Start’s Web site.

“Head Start is more than just a literacy program, because it works with families,” Holt said. “Instead of just teaching the kids sounds or letters or words, they work with the family to help develop good learning habits … [and] good hygiene.”

Holt is unsure if the gubernatorial election results will affect the continuation of Head Start in New Jersey, noting that preschool became a campaign issue in this year’s election.

“Chris Christie, in an inattentive moment, or a moment of weakness, called it … ‘babysitting.’ If Christie meant anything like that, then he’s really wrong,” Holt said.

Executive/Head Start Director of Somerset Community Action Program Isaac Dorsey is a successful product of Head Start, earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University.

He said he knew he could count on Holt to participate in the Barnes & Noble event.

“Congressman Holt is a real strong supporter of Head Start, and whenever I’ve called on him to be a part of something, he’s always shown up,” Dorsey said.

Middlesex County has about 650 children per year in Head Start, Workman said. The amount of North Brunswick Head Start students is catching up quickly to the number of New Brunswick students.

Head Start’s seven-classroom center on Livingston Avenue in North Brunswick now has about half of its students from North Brunswick and half from New Brunswick, she said.

Holt said about 900,000 kids are enrolled right now in Head Start, and the program has served 25,000,000 children since its founding in 1965.

“Head Start serves roughly about a third of all eligible children in the country,” Dorsey said.

To be eligible, families must be at or below poverty level, determined by the federal government in the ’60s under former President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty, Dorsey said. Ten percent are special-needs children, and they also work with homeless families and Division of Youth and Family Services cases.

Critics assert that effects of Head Start wear off by high school, but Holt said he thinks that is a weak stance.

He said in a comparison of kids from the same neighborhood, side by side, there is a definite difference between those who went to Head Start and those who do not.

“Head Start works,” Holt said.

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Pizza places offer variety of choices

BY HEATHER BROOKHART AND MATT REED STAFF WRITERS

More than 800 readers of The Daily Targum Web site have participated in a survey throughout the past few weeks that asks where the best off-campus pizza can be found.

Skinny Vinnie’s, located at 60 Sicard St. took the lead with 105 votes, while La Familia, at 160 Easton Ave. took second with 86 votes. Located at 94 Church St., Panico’s Pizza followed closely with 83 votes.

With so many kinds of pizza to choose from in the city, it may be hard to decide where to go.

For the business owners themselves, they view the competition differently.

“There is so much competition in New Brunswick and everybody’s taking a piece of the big pie and trust me, some people have been here a long time,” said RU Grill and Pizza owner Abdallah Eid. “They’re doing much better than the other new owners in New Brunswick.”

Eid said his business has been at its location at 142 Easton Ave. since 1998.

Twelve years ago, there were not so many pizzerias and more and more, others started copying one another, he said.

But some of the newer owners in the city operate their businesses as an investment and are not succeeding, Eid said.

“They’re paying more rent, they’re paying more employees.

Some of the pizzeria owners, they don’t work themselves, they just [work as] the manager and that wouldn’t succeed very well, I think,” he said.

Eid said although more businesses started popping up on the same block about two or three years ago, his business is doing well and could be worse.

“You come here on the weekend … they’re competing with us … on the weekend we’re packed,” he said.

Owner of West End Brick Oven Pizza George El-Ghossain said competition in the city actually motivated him to open his business.

“Because there are so many places, it’s a good indication that business is good, there’s demand and competition is healthy in this business,” he said.

Kamil Saber, owner of P.J.’s Grill and Pizza at 166 Easton Ave., said his pizzeria has been there for 20 years.

One of the most important factors in running his business is an organized system in place where workers are all responsible for their own part.

“Everyone has something to do with the quality of food that we offer to the customer,” he said.

Students said they consider factors such as location, sanitation and price as some important values.

School of Arts and Sciences junior Kara Haggerty said she likes to go to Panico’s because of their selection.

“I just like all the different kinds that they have, and I like their chicken parm pizza a lot.

They have a lot of variety and have a really nice environment if you go there to eat,” Haggerty said.

But School of Ar ts and Sciences senior Andy Stubbs said he became addicted to Ta Ta’s Pizza at 208 Hamilton St. when his roommate introduced him to it.

“He just ordered it once, and I haven’t stopped ordering it since. It’s just really good. The tomato sauce has a lot of garlic in it — I like that,” he said.

Stubbs said Ta Ta’s fast delivery sets it apart from the competition.

“I ordered it two nights ago and they were here in 20 minutes. So, it’s really nice to be able to get your food quickly,” Stubbs said.

For other students, location and convenience are key.

“I go to PJ’s on Easton Ave. I like PJ’s because it’s convenient and right next to my house,” said Rutgers College senior Eitan Levine. “It’s cheap, it’s good, you know, it’s pizza.”

Douglass College senior Michele Mancuso said at the end of a night out, the closest pizza is the best pizza.

“I go to La Familia, which is right next to Knight Club. I go to Knight Club a lot and that’s why I go there,” Mancuso said.

But Livingston College senior Roman Khan said cleanliness is most important to him when he’s deciding where to eat.

“I like West End because it’s new and clean in there. They [have] benches to sit on inside, and they play music, so it’s kind of like they continue the party,” he said. “Also, their bathroom is still clean.”

School of Arts and Sciences senior Bill Vanemburgh said he considers how each pizza business treats its customers, noting that he especially likes Jimmy’s, located at 104 Easton Ave. “It tastes really good and the guy that works there is awesome. He’s the nicest guy in the entire world,” he said. “The people in La Familia — they’re really not that nice to you. They make you feel like they don’t want you there.”

Saber noted the importance of customer ser vice and said he likes to ensure his business is not transaction-based, but that they form a long-term relationship with their customers to build loyalty.

“Even when school is not here, this base carries us throughout the slow summer,” he said.

For some students, low prices are what keeps them coming back.

“I go to Paulie’s because it’s $1 after 10, which works for me,” said Amanda Rodriguez, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore.

For Ashley Marcano, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, it was simply fate that brought her and her favorite pizza place together.

“I like RU Grill because of no real reason — that’s just who I’ve always ordered from,” Marcano said.

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WALKERS TO TROT FOR LOCAL SOUP KITCHEN Buccleuch Park will be the site of an Elijah’s Promise “Turkey Trot” Sunday to raise funds to feed those who utilize their soup kitchens.

Participants of the three-mile walk plan to raise money to provide meals throughout the coming winter, event organizer Michelle Wilson said.

“We just star ted planning the ‘Turkey Trot’ in August, which really isn’t much time,” Wilson said. “We have seen a dramatic increase in the amount of people who are utilizing our ser vices, so we need to raise additional funds.”

Wilson said Elijah’s Promise saw a 22 percent increase in clientele last winter, and they expect further increases this winter.

“It only costs about $2.50 per meal at the soup kitchen, so if each par ticipant raises as little as $10 or as much as $1000, it will provide a lot of meals,” Wilson said.

Participants can raise funds by finding sponsors for the walk or donating money themselves, she said.

The soup kitchen’s $50,000 goal for this Sunday’s event seems ambitious, but they have already received contributions through their Web site, www.turkeytrot.dojiggy.com, Wilson said.

Participants will be treated to gourmet tasting stations featuring hot cider, coffee, hot chocolate, artisan breads and more, according to the Web site.

Wilson said participants who raise $125 or more would receive a free T-shirt.

Mar yann Muragh, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore, said she is interested in par ticipating in the event.

“I think a three-mile walk is a small price to pay for all the huge benefits of feeding all of those people, especially now at this time of year,” Muragh said.

Anyone who would like to contribute or register can do so on the Web site or come to the park on Sunday, Wilson said. Registration begins at 1 p.m.

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Vote draws ire of gay community THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — Stunned and angry, national gay rights leaders yesterday blamed scaremongering ads — and President Barack Obama’s lack of engagement — for a bitter election setback in Maine that could alter the dynamics for both sides in the gay-marriage debate.

Conser vatives, in contrast, celebrated Maine voters’ rejection of a law that would have allowed gay couples to wed, depicting it as a warning shot that should deter politicians in other states from pushing for same-sex marriage.

“Every time the citizens have voted on marriage, they have always sided with natural marriage,” said Mathew Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel, a Florida-based Christian legal group. “Maine dramatically illustrates the will of the people, and politicians should wake up and listen.”

Gay activists were frustrated that Obama, who insists he staunchly supports their overall civil rights agenda, didn’t speak out forcefully in defense of Maine’s marriage law before Tuesday’s referendum. The law was repealed in a vote of 53 percent to 47 percent.

“President Obama missed an opportunity to state his position against these discriminator y

attacks with the clarity and moral imperative that would have helped in this close fight,” said Evan Wolfson of the national advocacy group Freedom to Marry. “The anti-gay forces are throwing millions of dollars into various unsubtle ads aimed at scaring people, so subtle statements from the White House are not enough.”

The White House, asked about the criticism, had no immediate comment.

The marriage debate is simmering in at least a half-dozen states where a same-sex marriage bill is pending or where a court ruling or existing law is being eyed by conservatives for possible challenge.

Had Maine’s law been upheld by voters, it would have become the sixth state to legalize gay marriage — and the first to affirm it by popular vote. In Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Iowa, gay marriage resulted from court decisions or legislation.

California is sure to be a major battleground over the next several years. Last year, conservatives succeeded in winning public approval of Proposition 8, which overturned a state court ruling allowing gay marriage. Gay rights groups want to take the issue back to the voters but are divided on a timetable.

In the aftermath of the Maine vote, some California activists appealed to their supporters for money to help them put a measure on the 2010 ballot. Other activist leaders want to wait until 2012.

“It’s never too early to go back to right a fundamental wrong,” said Chaz Lowe of Yes! on Equality, who favors shooting for 2010. “A lot of people are angry, a lot of people are upset. It at least has the potential to be a mobilization for the grass roots.”

Some California activists said the outcome in Maine strengthened their belief that it will fall to the U.S. Supreme Court — not the voters — to make gay marriage legal. A federal lawsuit challenging Prop. 8 is scheduled to go to trial in January, the first step in a legal journey that is expected to reach the high court in a few years.

“The results in Maine underscore exactly why we are challenging California’s same-sex marriage ban,” said Chad Griffin, president of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, the Los Angeles group spearheading the lawsuit. “The U.S. Constitution guarantees equal rights to every American, and when those rights are violated, it is the role of our courts to protect us, regardless of what the polls say.”

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A subway station in Philadelphia remained closed yesterday after SEPTA workers continued their wage strike.

Philidelphia transit strike brings trains to dead stop THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA — Commuters biked, walked, juggled carpool schedules and hitched rides as the city’s transit system ground to a near halt for a second day yesterday, a rush worsened when a regional rail train caught fire.

Regional rail lines are running because their workers are represented by a different union. But trouble hit around 7 a.m. when a car caught fire as it headed downtown, causing delays and confusion. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority officials said it was likely an electrical fire and was not suspicious.

More than 5,000 members of SEPTA’s largest union walked off the job early Tuesday, leaving thousands of people struggling for ways to get around without the use of subways, trolleys or buses.

“I can’t take the whole strike off,” said Niki LaGrone, 27, a Catholic school teacher in North Philadelphia, as she prepared to take regional rail as far as it goes and then walk a mile and a half to school. “I’m going to have to show up. ... Hopefully, I can find somebody when I get in to work to help me out.”

The Philadelphia school district reported a 16 percent drop in high school attendance yesterday. On an average weekday, about 54,000 public and parochial students take SEPTA to school.

At the J.R. Masterman high school, Robin Carpenter unloaded a bicycle from his father’s car so he could make the 7-mile ride home in the afternoon.

“I do ride my bike sometimes but not during cross-country season,” he said, adding that the

strike was an inconvenience. “It’s too tiring.”

Karen Pollack scrambled to find ways to get her 16- and 13year-old daughters to and from their respective schools.

Pollack lives in the city’s Germantown section and left about 15 minutes earlier to drop of f her younger daughter at Masterman.

Her husband dropped off their older daughter at a school about 5 miles from home.

Getting them home could be a challenge, though, since her older daughter usually takes SEPTA. Now, she’s going to walk the 15 or so blocks to her sister’s school and hopefully find a spot in that car pool — if there’s room.

“It was a little stressful last night,” Pollack said. “It’s going to be day-to-day.”

Jim Jordan, an assistant general manager for SEPTA, said the regional rail car that caught fire was about 40 years old, one of many slated to be replaced soon.

The origin of the blaze was probably in the heating or electrical system, Jordan said, and the entire fleet will be inspected once the cause is determined.

Flames could be seen shooting from the front of the train shortly after 7 a.m. A big cloud of smoke also billowed from the train. No injuries were reported, but hundreds of riders had to be evacuated.

Wayne Rafferty, 27, of Pottstown, a lab technician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said he had to calm down another passenger on the packed train, and he saw other passengers kicking out the removable emergency windows. Once outside the train, he took a picture of the front of it with flames and smoke.

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Woman to sue over chimp attack THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The family of a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee sought yesterday to sue the state for $150 million, saying officials failed to prevent the attack.

Attorneys for Charla Nash’s family filed a notice yesterday with the state Office of Claims Commissioner asking for permission to sue.

The 200-pound chimpanzee named Travis went berserk in Februar y when his owner, Sandra Herold, asked Nash to help lure him back into her house in Stamford.

The animal ripped off Nash’s hands, nose, lips and eyelids; she remains in stable condition at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.

A Department of Environmental Protection biologist warned state officials before the attack that Travis could seriously hurt someone if he felt threatened, noting that he was large and strong.

“We believe the evidence will show that the state, acting through the Depar tment of Environmental Protection, failed to adequately address a serious public safety issue that resulted in tragic consequences for our client,” said Matt Newman, attorney for Nash’s family.

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said yesterday that his office is reviewing the claim.

He said that he is sympathetic over the “horrific tragedy” but that the planned lawsuit “seems unprecedented in size.”

Dennis Schain, Environmental Protection spokesman, said his agency had not received any paperwork yet but would cooperate with the

claims commissioner and attorney general.

The claim comes at a difficult time for Connecticut, where the two-year, $37.6 billion budget is already $624 million in deficit.

“There is a potential for a very significant exposure to the state, depending on how the facts are developed in the claims process,” said state Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford.

Nash’s family earlier filed a $50 million lawsuit against Herold, saying she was negligent and reckless for lacking the ability to control “a wild animal with violent propensities.”

Herold’s attorney, who declined to comment on the new claim, has called the attack workrelated and said her family’s case

“There is a potential for ... exposure to the state, depending on how the facts are developed ... ” SEN. ANDREW MCDONALD D-Stamford

should be treated like a workers’ compensation claim. The strategy, if successful, would limit potential damages in the case and insulate the chimp owner from personal liability.

The animal, which was shot and killed by police, had also escaped in 2003 from his owner’s car and led police on a chase for hours in downtown Stamford. No one was injured.

Records obtained by The Associated Press through a state open-records request show the state began receiving warnings immediately after that event.

“The DEP had information for at least five years that would have permitted that agency to have removed Travis from its residence,” Nash’s attorneys wrote in the new papers, noting the agency did prosecute the owner of a much smaller primate. “If the DEP had acted prudently, Charla Nash would not have been devastatingly injured.”

Environmental protection officials have said that over the 13 years Travis was with Herold, the agency received only a few inquiries about Travis among thousands in general about possession of wild animals.

They said the memo from the biologist underscored the need for a clear, new law that would forbid ownership of potentially dangerous animals as pets and impose stiff penalties for those possessing them, and they blamed the failure to act on a communications problem and a lack of expertise in exotic animals at the agency.

Nash’s family has a year from the date of the attack to file a claim with the claims commissioner office. The commissioner can recommend an award to the legislature or grant authorization to sue the state in court.

If the commissioner denies the request to seek damages from the state, the family could appeal to the legislature.

Without its consent, the state cannot be held liable in a legal action for any damage or injury it may cause.

Police fatally shot the 14-yearold chimp when he tried to attack an officer responding to the assault on Nash on Feb. 16. Test results showed that Travis had the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in his system, but investigators don’t know whether the drug played a role.

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New Jersey needs real change G

overnor-elect Chris Christie said, “Real change has come to New Jersey,” after he beat Gov. Jon S. Corzine in Tuesday’s gubernatorial election. His statement on change, followed with a short “Yes, we did” chant by the crowd may have been the most encouraging aspect of his lackluster acceptance speech. While it is encouraging that Corzine will no longer be running Trenton, it is time that Christie exhibit a comprehensive platform on how he will attempt to change the Garden State.

During the campaign, Christie seemed hesitant to present specific actions on how he will cut taxes, create jobs and improve education — yet he promised to do all of the above, striking a similar image to the presidential campaign of President Barack Obama. One of the greatest factors leading to the election of the current president were the hideous approval ratings of former President George W. Bush. Christie, like Obama, had the privilege of facing an opponent who was despised by the general public, more or less granting Christie the statehouse on a silver platter. The “non”-campaign Christie ran almost cost him greatly, and after leading Corzine by 15 points in July, the two were statistically tied going into Election Day, with Christie beating the incumbent by a mere four points.

The animosity toward Corzine allowed Christie to coast by during the campaign cycle — especially when it came to students at the University. While Corzine made numerous attempts to campaign at the universities, Christie’s presence on campuses was minute. If this was the future governor’s idea avoiding a budget question he is going to have to face in the future, he did a great job at evading the opinions of students. We all enjoy tax cuts, but will the tax cuts Christie proposes signal even further cuts in the school budget? Will professors and programs need to be cut? These questions need to be answered, and while the campaign season entitled Christie to be mysterious about his spending goals, that season is now over, and real leadership begins now.

Surely every citizen wants to see lower taxes, more jobs and improved education, but how are we going to get there? Christie is setting himself up for unattainable promises — promises that if not met, may cost him his popularity before the end of 2010 and his job in 2013.

While his campaigned mirrored that of Obama’s, Christie perhaps has assembled a similar first year in office, chasing promises without plans and policy without goals. New Jerseyans need to see a set list of plans, policy and goals before Christie takes office in January.

Education is of the utmost importance in creating future jobs, less crime, less poverty and more prosperity. While New Jersey as a whole ranks fifth in terms of overall education quality, according to Education Week, our inner cities continue to suffer from overcrowded classrooms and uninspiring teachers. While this is not the case for every inner city public school and teacher, Christie let the world know that his family left Newark when he was a child, in order to attend the “best” public schools in New Jersey in Livingston. It is nice that the Christie household could afford to leave an area with sub-par schools; unfortunately not all families in Newark have that opportunity. How will education throughout the state thrive? How will the new governor implement a sound education policy? New Jersey needs a plan.

Perhaps the most pressing matter at the time Christie will be inaugurated is the loss of jobs in New Jersey. Unemployment buoyed around the 10 percent margin in October for state, and we know that Christie will not attempt to expand government in order to increase the work force, so how is it then that the governor-elect will create these jobs he has promised to create? New Jersey needs a plan.

With one of the most expansive public work forces in the nation, the size of New Jersey government and bureaucracy has exploded out of control. Surely, unnecessary jobs must be cut and unqualified workers must be fired, but these are jobs that many people rely on for their livelihood. One can argue that some of these jobs should have never been created in the first place, but that time has come and passed. Now more than 460,000 New Jersey citizens depend on government jobs as their basic form of income. How will the future governor cut workers that are not producing, while keeping those workers that are? Will broad department be cut at the throat, or will systematic layoffs be implemented from the Statehouse down? New Jersey needs a plan.

Lastly, and perhaps the stance that propelled the Republican into the Statehouse for the first time in 12 years, is his pledge to lower taxes — all of them. In theory, the mantra of lowering taxes has resonated time and time again. From presidential campaigns, to local freeholder positions.

Obama simply laid out that he would tax the wealthy in order to cut taxes for the middle class. Whether or not his idea is feasible, at least he had a plan. Christie now must come through with his promise to lower taxes, be it property, income or sales taxes. However, he must also grapple with a $31 billion debt, a debt that will continue to climb unless spending is cut.

Christie is now in a predicament that will put him at odds with both cutting taxes and lowering the state debt. The only way to pay off debt is with revenue, and the only way the government can make revenue is by taxing its citizens and corporations. We all know that Christie wants to cat taxes, but how will the new governor-elect cut taxes, and whose taxes will he cut? Christie, New Jersey needs a plan, and we need one now.

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here was a small Blazers. And then there were dent in the the phantom fouls on the American spor ts Dallas Mavericks in 2006 that psyche this week that anyessentially handed the chambody mentioned. The World pionship to the Miami Heat.

Series has obviously taken There was even the story of over these par ts, with referee Tim Donaghy fixing debates about Johnny MATTHEW TORINO game and point spreads for Damon’s dash and Chase gamblers during his time.

Utley’s tub of hair grease This is why I can’t take meancirculating all over campus. The NFL takes over ingful NBA games seriously — I don’t know if the the weekends, with stories like the Giants’ demise outcome is legitimate. and the Jets’ annual futility. But there was someThe other main problem with the NBA is the plaything else. Something few — including myself — offs. In the MLB, NFL and NHL, there are countless had no idea was starting until it was randomly on upsets where the lower seed or underdog knocks off ESPN one night. Yes, believe it or not, the NBA the favored teams to the surprise of everyone. But apparently started this week. when an eighth-seed knocks off a No.1 seed in the In the ’80s, the time of Larry vs. Magic and the NHL, it’s no big deal, just an upset. In the NBA, the Jordan Rules, this would be almost like some kind of same thing is considered one of the biggest sports holiday close to opening day in baseball and week upsets of all time. The Denver Nuggets knocking off one of the NFL season, but now just gets lost in the the Seattle SuperSonics when they were the No.1 shuffle of actual important games. The opener in an seed still isn’t forgotten. Does anybody, even hockey 82-game season never really matters, but one would fans, remember when Damian Rhodes and the think it would still be nice to watch your team take Ottawa Senators knocked off the vaunted Devils in on the juggernaut Lakers, see the ’98? Of course not. The higher ascension of Oklahoma City’s seed wins much too often in the “It seems as though Kevin Durant or the prodigious NBA. The only series’ that seem foul totals of the Trail Blazers’ to matter in the first round of the the league is deciding Greg Oden. But no. Nobody outNBA playoffs is the 4-5 matchup, who wins based on the but neither of those teams are side of ESPN.com’s Bill Simmons has even looked twice at the seagood enough to win a title number of free throws, ever son, and even the “Sports Guy” except in very rare situations. himself is on a book tour, so he being extremely lopsided Everyone knew the Lakers would cannot pay close attention. be in the Finals and most people in key games.”

Outside of my fantasy team, I thought the Cavaliers would be haven’t heard a peep about this too — except their coach stopped season. Maybe the league has coaching, so that threw a wrench run out of stars to market? No, that can’t be it, with into the scenario. And most thought the Lakers Chris Paul, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the would win and they did. The consensus-best team aforementioned Durant leading the charge. Are won the title. This is OK sometimes, but what’s the the large markets struggling? Los Angeles and point of watching the playoffs if I know the outcome Boston, the two most traditional NBA cities, are on two months beforehand? a crash course for the finals and the Knicks are What should the league do to attract more casualways there for a good laugh. Is there a leadership al fans and make them care? My idea is to copy the problem á la hockey and Commissioner Gary NCAA Tournament and make the playoffs oneBettman? No, David Stern, a University graduate, and-done. More upsets would be created, and who is probably the most powerful and revered comknows how much money they could pull in off of missioner in sports when Roger Goodell is not on brackets and marketing? The NCAA is pulling in a power trip. So what’s the problem? Maybe the gobs of money with its tournament and many fans have finally wised up. more people care about that than the NBA playEver since I became a somewhat casual fan of the offs. The only problem is that nobody would care NBA, circa 2001, one of the main problems with the about the regular season, much like NCAA basleague has always seemed painfully obvious to me: ketball. But I’m fairly certain that nobody cares the referees. It seems as though the league is decidabout it now. So let’s get my plan going to fix this ing who wins based on the number of free throws, league, because who doesn’t want to fill out more being extremely lopsided in key games. In the 2002 brackets come spring?

Western Conference Finals, the Lakers received 27 fourth-quarter free throws en route to an upset of Matthew Torino is a School of Arts and Sciences the Sacramento Kings. The free throws were 37-16 junior majoring in political science. His column, in favor of the Lakers in 2000 in game seven vs. the “From the Sidelines,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

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Wind energy important to campuses going green Letter NICHOLAS SAWYER

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he University is one of the nation’s leaders in promoting “green” behavior on campus. Current campus initiatives include participation — and excellence — in the nationwide RecycleMania contest, investment in the College Avenue greening project and innovative “green” business strategies used by the Rutgers Green Purchasing Department.

Through all of these initiatives, the University strives to become a sustainable university that can continue to stand proud on the Raritan’s banks as it has for 243 years. The next step toward sustainability at the University should involve harnessing the winds of change — quite literally.

Wind energy is an underexploited resource in almost every part of the nation and the world.

A simple phenomenon created by temperature gradients in the air, wind represents kinetic energy that can be converted, via a wind turbine, into electrical energy for powering homes, businesses, classrooms and anything else that uses electricity.

In New Brunswick, wind speeds

typically range from 9 to 12 miles per hour annually, according to the profile for the city. In turn, like most of New Jersey, New Brunswick has a Class 2 wind power rating on a scale of 1 to 7, with 1 being low wind and 7 being high wind, according to the American Wind Energy Association. Though this classification seems discouraging, the concept behind the sustainability movement is that a lot of little changes can make a big difference. In other words, some renewable energy is better than none.

So how can the developed University campuses tap into wind energy without a lot of free space for turbine installation?

There are actually two ways. The first option is the strategic placement of pole-mounted small wind turbines around campuses.

Though they do require space for tethering the poles, these turbines do not require the large amount of free space required for an offshore utility grade wind turbine. Companies like Abundant Renewable Energy, Aerostar and Bergey Windpower Company produce models ranging 2.5 to 10 kilowatt rated capacity, capable of producing up to 19 megawatt hours annually, which is almost

enough to power two typical American households.

The second option is the use of building-mounted wind turbines, such as the SWIFT model

by Cascade Engineering or the AVX1000 model by AeroVironment, Inc. Though these turbines have a lower rated capacity, 1 kW, they are less expensive per unit, allowing an interested party to purchase a

“Wind energy is an underexploited resource in almost every part of the nation and the world.” row of turbines that can not only generate energy but also serve to decorate a building and proclaim, “This building is part of an institution that believes in sustainable living!” These turbines are designed to produce 1000-2000 kWh annually, so a panel of 10 turbines could produce as much as a 10 kW small wind turbine.

In addition to the energy benefits they provide, wind turbines are also an upfront display of sustainability for visitors to the

University. So where might it benefit the most from this combination of energy and publicity?

In other words, where do we get the most visitors on a regular basis? The football stadium!

Freshly revamped, the newest section of the stadium has plenty of clearance over the low-lying Johnson Park. With daily River Road traffic, increased on six or seven days a year by the football traffic, the wind potential from the river and the road is higher than many places in the University. Furthermore, can anyone say nationally televised alternative energy? It could only be an asset to the University to have its sustainability policy broadcast nationwide. The Green Purchasing department deserves kudos for its innovative business deals, and what a way to give it to them!

So where would the electricity go from this latest construction endeavor at the stadium? It should be well understood that these turbines, unlike offshore turbines, are not meant for largescale energy production. But how about powering the scoreboard?

Or the stadium lights? This seems like a reasonable task.

Still, how would this project get around the negativity that has

surrounded construction on the stadium for years? The answer is to “play ball” with the wind turbine company, exchanging a discount on the turbine for some great publicity during football season. Even a 15 second clip during the commercial breaks would be much more TV time than most wind turbine companies have ever seen. New Jersey also offers rebates on wind turbines based on their kilowatts per hour rating.

In the end, the turbine will cost quite a bit less than it seems.

Thus, the University has a chance to join the ranks of 42 other universities and colleges nationwide in generating energy from local wind.

The Universities of Montana and Vermont are two other state universities that have invested in small wind power, each with its own 10 kW turbine on campus.

With the University joining this group of wind-equipped universities, hopefully other large universities might pick up on the benefits — on national TV no less! — and start to tap into the wind as well. In shor t, wind energy at Rutgers Stadium is a “wind-win” situation!

Nicholas Sawyer is a Cook College senior majoring in biochemistry.

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Melissa Falica: How does it feel being the lone sophomore on the team?

Ben Forrest: It’s pretty interesting because we don’t have any freshmen here for the second year in a row, but it’s not really that bad because I know everyone now and I have friends on the team.

MF: What made you choose Rutgers?

BF: The financial aspect was a big help. I’ve looked at Rutgers for a few years, and an in-state school obviously has its advantages and it’s one of the better schools academically in New Jersey. Plus, I was interested in the research aspect.

MF: Do you play any other sports?

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MF: What are your favorite sport teams?

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MF: If there was one song you could listen to before a match to get you pumped up, what would it be?

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MF: What is a secret hobby of yours that not many people are aware of?

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CIRCLE: Brown ranked 19th nationally in weight class continued from back take it to the next level,” the Red Bank, N.J., native said. “My main goal is to get on the podium and to be a scholastic All-American for Rutgers. Right now, it’s all about getting on the podium and making a name for myself, and that’s what keeps me going. This is the year.”

Fast forward to the present.

Brown is the No. 19 nationallyranked wrestler in the 197-pound weight class and third in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association behind Cam Simaz of Cornell and Richard Starks from Army.

“I couldn’t begin to tell you where he was three years ago to where he is today,” said head coach Scott Goodale. “It is like night and day. He should have a good year.”

Two years ago, as a junior, Brown represented the Scarlet Knights in the 2007-08 NCAA Tournament.

After dropping his opening round match, he moved to the consolation bracket where he defeated Jacob Br yce of North Dakota State 11-5. In the next round, Brown squared of f against Oregon State’s Kyle Bressler. The Red Bank Regional alum found himself on the wrong side of a 4-2 decision, thus ending his tournament run.

Heading into the 2008-09 offseason, Brown and the coaching staff went back to look at each tournament match and see what areas needed improvement.

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Ffith-year senior Lamar Brown, top, is the 19th-ranked wrestler in the 197-pound weight class and is rated third in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association.

“We found that the main difference between me and the wrestlers that placed was experience,” Brown said. “I had only wrestled two years in high school and then I came right here into a

Division I program. It wasn’t a huge difference but it was the main reason why we decided that I should redshirt.”

For Brown, this meant that after a year he made the NCAA

Tournament, he would sit out all of the regular season matches the following season to preser ve his last year of eligibility in order to become stronger and faster.

“It killed me last year when I was sitting on the bench redshirting while watching everyone else wrestle,” he said. “A lot of times it came down to my weight class and I wanted to be in there.”

During his redshirt season, Brown worked hard on all facets of his game and was named a freestyle All-American over the summer.

Now in his final season at RU, Brown was back in action for the Knights this past Monday when he faced off against freshman Sam Kuntz at the team’s annual Wrestle-Offs.

Brown handily won the decision, 10-3.

“He went out and did exactly what we asked him to do, and that was to score points,” Goodale said. “He looked really fast and he looked good getting down to weight for the first time so we are excited about that. The main thing is that he has to continue to score points.”

Brown was happy to be back in front of a crowd.

“I love performing here in front of the crowd, and that’s what the crowd comes to see, a performance,” Brown said of his first match back. “I tried not to let them down too much.”

With the regular season just around the corner, Brown is prepared for his final season in red and black.

“I’m just going to wrestle. I never look into stats or what my opponent has done,” he said.

“It’s a long season, and you [have] to stay motivated and work through it.”

Brown said getting to the podium is going to take hard work and dedication — two of his stronger characteristics.

“I’m a fighter,” he said.

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Junior James Beatty, right, is competing with Mike Coburn for the starting point guard spot after transferring from Miami-Dade.

BEATTY: Junior college

ter only further complicated things.

More of a scoring-style combo guard, Coburn was the heir apparpoint guard to push offense ent to Farmer’s position as the primary ball handler in the backcourt. continued from back “I knew that nothing was going needed to first find a viable to be given to me and I would point guard. have to work for everything I got, Hill recruited the pieces to so no, I didn’t expect to be the run the floor and excel in the starting point guard right away,” open court over the previous two Beatty said. “I knew I had to earn seasons. Now it was just a matter it. But I wouldn’t really say it’s like of finding the point guard that a competition because at the end can run the offense. of the day we’re playing for the “James brings the natural same team. I would say it’s just ability of a pass-first point guard, making each other better.” someone who really sees the Perhaps the final missing floor and understands the game, piece to the Knights’ puzzle, a guy that really has a great feel Beatty joins a hungry group of for the game,” the fifth-year players that is eager to take RU head coach said. “[He’s] a little out of the conference cellar. His bit of a better shooter than I talkative style and on-court leadanticipated [and] he can knock ership fits well into a young team down open that is growing shots. He’s good by the day. of f the dribble “[Beatty’s] competitive “He’s in a simand of f ball ilar situation to fire fuels us every screens, which myself,” said junis something we ior for ward day in practice, do a lot of. He J o n a t h a n and hopefully it can Mitchell, who is makes everyone on the floor beteligible this seatrickle over into ter.” son after sitting C o l l e g e out under NCAA the game.”

Hoops Update transfer regulaJONATHAN MITCHELL ranked Beatty as tions. “We have Junior Forward the top point two years left of guard available eligibility and we after spending want to win. His two years at Miami-Dade Junior competitive fire fuels us every College, which was ranked as day in practice, and hopefully it high as third in the nation last seacan trickle over into the game.” son. The Wilmington, N.C. native Beatty already has a date cirwas enticed by the opportunity to cled on the Knights’ calendar. come to the Banks and compete “Going back to North Carolina, for the starting spot right away. my hometown, I’m definitely look“Certain schools already had ing forward to that game and playestablished point guards at the ing against those guys,” he said. top level, some even in this con“That’s where I grew up, watching ference, but I saw an immediate ACC basketball. So that’s going to opening at Rutgers because of the be a challenge for me.” graduation of Anthony Farmer,” Before Beatty and the rest of Beatty said. “So that kind of the Scarlet Knights can look brought me along to Rutgers.” ahead, Nov. 14 remains the focus.

Powerhouse programs — RU’s season opener, at home including Kentucky and a majority against Marist, gives the team a of the Big East schools — came glimpse of where it stands talentcalling and Beatty, who said he wise and just how effective the wanted to go to a Division I school newly-implemented up-tempo right away had he been able to style can be. qualify academically, took until “J.B. is a run-and-gun point July to make his final decision. guard,” Mitchell said. “He loves The process was not easy, and to make the extra pass. I think that fellow junior and established our team is going to excel in guard Mike Coburn was on the rosthat situation.”

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Syracuse wideout quits, Cincy jumps to No. 4 in AP poll

BY BILL DOMKE CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers football team has one less deep threat to wor r y FOOTBALL about in the Big East.

MIDWEEK REPORT Mike W illiams, Syracuse’s star wide receiver, has quit the team, Orange head coach Doug Marrone said in a Monday press conference.

Williams left voluntarily, and Marrone would not elaborate on why the junior walked away from the team.

One of the Orange’s greatest weapons, Williams had 746 yards on 49 receptions this season for six touchdowns and is ranked first in the Big East in receptions per contest and receiving yardage.

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way to adjust without Williams on Saturday when the team takes on No. 13 Pittsburgh.

The Orange (3-5, 0-3) comes into the game after a 28-7 loss against No. 5 Cincinnati.

Pittsburgh enters Saturday on an impressive hot streak — its 71 record is its best since 1982, when Dan Marino led the team.

Despite the recent dominance, the Panthers only hold a slim 3130-3 lead in the all-time series against Syracuse.

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find a solution to their mid-season crisis.

The question was promptly answered by quarterback B.J. Daniels, who guided the Bulls (62, 2-2) to a 30-19 upending of thenNo. 21 West Virginia (6-2, 2-1).

Daniels went 13-for-26 in passing on the night for 232 yards and three touchdowns, but he didn’t stop there. Combine that with 104 yards on the ground and Daniels’ 336 yards of offense outgained the Mountaineers entire team, which was only able to pick up 323.

Running back Noel Devine was unable to do anything on the ground against a solid Bulls defense, picking up 42 yards on 10 carries. The usually impressive Mountaineer running game was held to 118 yards, as opposed to their usual 191.7 per game.

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doesn’t need Tony Pike to win games again this week when backup quarterback Zach Collaros entered Saturday’s game against Syracuse and tossed four touchdowns in a 28-7 victory.

The win marks Cincinnati’s 14th straight regular-season victory and eighth straight road win.

Collaros found wideout Armon Binns five times during the game — Binns ended with 138 yards and two touchdowns on the day.

The passing game was nonexistant for Syracuse, as Greg Paulus and Ryan Nassib combined for 182 yards on 19for-27 passing for a touchdown and an interception.

The Bearcats (8-0, 4-0) remain one of seven unbeaten teams in the nation.

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Syracuse wideout Mike Williams (1) bailed on the Orange midway through his junior season this weekend.

THERE WAS SIMPLY something that worked when freshman Will Stein took the reigns of the passing attack for Louisville for the first time.

Stein threw for 232 yards and an

interception and the Cards were able to hold off Arkansas State for a 21-13 victor y.

The victor y improves Louisville to 3-1 at home this season.

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Targum correspondent Kevin O’Rourke chats with the first-year men’s golf coach about the inaugural Big East Match Play event, making improvements for the spring season and learning from his young team ...

Kevin O’Rourke: What was your reaction to the team’s performance at the inaugural Big East Match Play event?

Jason Bataille: It was very good. The first match kind of made most of the week work. Marquette, they are the Big East champions from two years ago. To beat them was a big win for us. Like in any golf event, you have to go out there and take 70-plus strokes on the course, so anything can happen. I don’t think the loss to South Florida was as big a deal as the win over Marquette. I think that was really the highlight of the week and it showed the rest of the Big East how competitive we can be.

KO: What was the reaction to playing a match play format rather than the usual stroke play style?

JB: It brought a whole aspect to college golf that we never experienced and it makes tournaments more team oriented. If I was asked my opinion, I would say that the more match play events they could bring to college golf, the more popular college golf will get.

KO: What is the biggest positive from the fall season that the team can take into the spring?

JB: Our scoring average is lower than it was last year and I think just working on the small things and seeing how much that helps our score. Sometimes you go along in a season and you don’t pay attention to [little things] … but I think now the attention to detail in their games and the approach to tournaments is helping the team overall.

KO: What aspect does the whole team need to improve upon moving toward the spring?

JB: I think it’s course management, and I think that’s my job — to make sure that we can continue to improve that. You can always learn something as far as course management goes, and I think that we definitely have a lot to learn.

KO: What was your experience like for your first semester as coach after playing for four years and graduating from Rutgers in 2006?

JB: I was excited and had high expectations coming in, and I’m definitely leaving this first half of the season even more excited going towards the future. I think my expectations are just getting more and more, and I think the limits we can push the program keep increasing.

KO: Were there any challenges or surprises that you didn’t anticipate?

JB: I think the advantage that I had was that all the challenges I faced I was already prepared for because I’ve been part of the program. I knew what the routine was. I knew what to expect. I knew the kids already because I had worked with them and I work very closely with [women’s head coach Maura] Ballard, who’s been running the team for 19 years now. So there weren’t really any surprises. The only surprise was maybe how much more I enjoyed it than even I thought I was going to.

KO: Did you learn anything from the players themselves?

JB: I think every day at practice is a learning experience. I learned better ways to coach them and better ways to help them relate to what I’m saying. Obviously each kid is different, so as the season progresses I learn more and more about each one of the kids.

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Sophomore goalkeeper Alex Morgans stopped four shots in the Rutgers men’s soccer team’s 2-0 victory over West Virginia last night in the opening round of the Big East Tournament.

MOUNTAIN: Kamara, Parr score goals for Knights continued from back said. “We were unlucky to have a good goal disallowed and that always made for a dodger finish, because a third goal certainly would have put the game away.”

The victory could prove vital in RU’s push for an NCAA Tournament berth. A loss at

WVU would have, in all likelihood, eliminated the Knights (99-0) from contention.

“I think our guys had a sense that they had to win this game,” Reasso said. “We were really disappointed by that loss against Villanova because it was a game they had to win and they outplayed us. You know, they went out and lost 5-0 [in their next game] then got eliminated [from the Big East Tournament last night] so that’s the way soccer is sometimes.”

The Knights now get a chance to pad their résumé with a trip to Queens Saturday night for a date with archrival St. John’s. The Red Storm beat RU Oct. 7, 2-0.

Reasso said that another performance like last night’s sends his team back to Morgantown for the Big East semifinals.

“We were determined [last night],” Reasso said. “Those are the type of performances you need in tourney play.”

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BY SAM HELLMAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

For sophomore Art Forst, moving to left guard is like learning to drive in England. It’s the same fundamentals, just the wrong side of the road.

Forst played right guard since he became a starter last season, but shifted to the left midway through the season to make room for sophomore Desmond Wynn on the right side.

“If you were to move from right guard to left tackle, it would be a big adjustment,” Forst said.

“Guard to tackle, without a doubt, is tougher than right to left. Going from the right side to a different position on the left side, that’s where it really gets tricky because you’re changing your stagger and everything, not just what hand is down.”

Moving from guard to tackle, which Forst may eventually have to do given his size and experience, is significantly tougher, he said.

“It’s kind of like if you went over to England and drove a manual transmission,” Forst said. “If you drove auto, it would take you a little bit to learn, but if you already knew manual, it’s just a little different.”

With all of the attention on South Florida star defensive end George Selvie’s matchup Thursday with junior left tackle Anthony Davis, Forst said that the talent of the team’s defensive tackles tends to get lost in the shuffle.

“The inside guys are very good too, though,” he said.

“They’re the same guys from last year and they’re just good, athletic, strong.”

THOUGH REDSHIRT freshman Khaseem Greene and senior Zaire Kitchen went down

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After playing most of his first season and a half on the Banks at right guard, sophomore Art Forst (77) switched to the left side to make room for converted defensive lineman Desmond Wynn. Forst has four starts at left guard this season. with injuries during the 28-24 win over Connecticut, head coach Greg Schiano expects both safeties to be good to go by kickoff against USF. Greene practiced in full yesterday, but Kitchen did not practice in order to rest him during

the bye week.

“Kitchen is going to be alright, we’ll see,” Schiano said. “We gave him a rest; he needs the bye week anyway with his knees.”

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in New Jersey on Rivals.com, played the role of USF quarterback B.J. Daniels on the scout team yesterday at practice.

Ryan, who is redshirting this season pending any unforeseen circumstances, played both defensive back and quarterback at

Eastern High School in Berlin, N.J.

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Marvin Booker went down during practice with an unknown injury. Schiano said he would know more after practice when he spoke to the trainers.

Head man Borghard steers Knights onward

BY TYLER DONOHUE STAFF WRITER

Max Borghard says Rutgers crew is in his blood. Just as he did, both his father and brother rowed on the Raritan CREW River when they were Scarlet Knights.

Now, more than two decades removed from his collegiate crew career, Borghard is in his 15th year as head coach of the Rutgers crew team.

Hired in 1995, Borghard has been at the helm for many of the Knights’ landmark moments.

RU qualified for the inaugural women’s crew NCAA Championships in 1997. The team was one of just eight teams in the nation to earn a full-team bid to the event.

The Knights have made it back to the NCAA Championships two additional times — 1998 and 2001 — while winning a total of 26 Big East medals during Borghard’s tenure.

“It’s special to be able to come back to Rutgers, especially because the school’s crew program has played a big part in my family,” Borghard said. “It’s been an honor so far.”

Borghard, who received his bachelor’s degree from RU in mechanical engineering in 1987, was an accomplished rower for

the Knights as a student. He was selected to two consecutive U.S. National Teams in 1986 and 1987.

Prior to his return to Rutgers, Borghard coached at Dartmouth for six seasons. Additionally, he led the junior men’s double team to a gold medal at the 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival in Los Angeles.

When women’s crew became a scholarship varsity sport in the early portion of his coaching tenure, Borghard’s experience served him well as he built up the program at RU. “Keeping the team sharp mentally, in terms of communicating with teammates and coaches, is important,” Borghard said. “I’ve always tried to keep the team focused on the day-to-day process rather than worry about the eventual outcomes.”

The Knights have just one more race remaining on the 2009 slate, as the fall regattas come to an end with the Foot of Charles Nov. 14 in Boston.

Borghard said the race is another chance for his team to get better and more prepared for the lengthy spring season, which starts up in late-March.

“We’re continuing to make progress, and it’s translating on race day,” Borghard said. “We always strive to improve each day, and I think this team is up to the challenge.”

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Repeat story: Week off before NCAAs

BY CHRIS MELCHIORRE CORRESPONDENT

It has been a season of bizarre, unpredictable ups and downs for WOMEN’S SOCCER t h e Rutgers women’s soccer team.

Through it all, the Scarlet Knights find themselves in the exact same position they were in at this time last year.

Just like Sunday’s 1-0 loss to West Virginia, a hobbled RU suffered a major upset in the quarterfinal round of the 2008 Big East Tournament.

As hard as last year’s loss was, the players and coaching staff were adamant about the importance of having time off to recover before the start of the NCAA Tournament.

Those feelings turned out to be prophetic when the Knights landed in last year’s Sweet 16.

This week, RU is echoing those sentiments from a year ago.

“We would love to be playing for the Big East Championship, but with how many people we’ve been playing with this rest is well needed,” said redshirt freshman forward April Price. “Part of the reason we did so well last year is because we had that time to recover. It really is important.”

Last year’s team entered the tournament with barley enough healthy players to field a team, but, thanks largely to having two weeks off before the NCAA Tournament, the Knights had the stamina to top Penn State in a double overtime first round match and a second round match against Oklahoma State that went into penalty kicks.

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ust three weeks after committing to the Rutgers football team for next season’s incoming freshman class, East Stroudsburg High School, Pa., linebacker Sam Bergen tore his ACL in a game.

Bergen tore his ACL as a junior as well and did not have any other Division I scholarship offers because of it.

The 6-foot, 215-pound middle linebacker is not rated on Rivals.com.

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Redshirt sophomore Tricia DiPaolo is coming off a season of wear-and-tear on her surgically-repaired right knee and suffered a setback against West Virginia, but said she will be ready for the NCAA Tournament.

Like Price, redshirt sophomore Tricia DiPaolo comes off a season of wear and tear on a surgically repaired knee.

DiPaolo suffered a setback against West Virginia when she collided with an opposing player, aggravating her injury. While DiPaolo said the collision set her back, she said that she’ll definitely be ready for the NCAA Tournament and that the time off beforehand has already been beneficial.

“I think a lot of us are really tired right now,” DiPaolo said.

“Our bodies are sore, it’s been a tough year, but we had two days off of practice and that was good.

We’re getting back into it [today] and we’ll be ready for the NCAA Tournament.”

Of course, the Knights have to get into the NCAA Tournament first.

But the NCAA releases its brackets Monday night, and all indications are that the Knights are a lock for an at-large bid.

“Our expectations are that they’re going to have a tough time

keeping us out,” said Rutgers head coach Glenn Crooks.

The Knights not only expect to be in the tournament, but the team fully expects to be home for the first two rounds — just like last year.

“As far as the home game, just with the way the regional structure is set up I think we have a good shot,” Crooks said. “If we don’t get one, it would be disappointing. But I trust the selection committee and their process so I wouldn’t argue with it. But being at home would be nice.”

Saxton thrilled to be part of rebuilding process

BY BILL DOMKE CORRESPONDENT

One player in particular — like always — is expected to deliver as the Rutgers volleyball t e a m VOLLEYBALL heads into its final weekend of conference play at home.

Junior outside hitter Caitlin Saxton has been the Scarlet Knights’ ace in the hole this season in almost all aspects of the game.

Not only does she lead the team in kills with 319, but she is tied for the lead in service aces with 20 and ranks second under senior libero Jamie Godfrey for digs with 228 on the season.

“Her openness to tr y and do things and getting outside her comfor t zone … helped her success this year,” said head coach CJ Werneke, whose team goes for its 10th win of the season this weekend. “Having some failures before she had successes and understanding that that’s OK [was important for her progress].”

The Encinitas, Calif., native’s contributions to the team were recognized this week when she was named to the Big East’s Weekly Honor Roll after putting up strong performances against DePaul and Notre Dame.

Saxton was the second member of the team to receive the honor this season.

“I was really proud of myself, but also of my team because I guess when you think back to last year, we never had a chance to have anyone named to the Big East Honor Roll,” Saxton said.

“So for me to be the second player named, it’s exciting for the

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Junior Caitlin Saxton leads the team in kills with 319 on the year.

She is 90 kills away from the top 10 list for kills in a single season. whole team and it just shows how far we’ve come.”

Saying that Saxton improved since last year would be an understatement.

In her first year on the Banks after transferring from California Santa Barbara, Saxton made an impact on the team, notching 209 kills.

She saw the transfer to RU as an opportunity to help make something from the rebuilding program.

“I just wanted to keep playing volleyball and it was also a chance for me to come into a program that wasn’t already established,” Saxton said. “It was more of a

rebuilding process, and I wanted to be apart of that because I think that anyone can go into a good program and be good and keep that program going, but it takes another type of person to go into a program that hasn’t been established yet and really make something of it.”

Seeing the sophomore’s prowess at the game, then-firstyear coach Werneke and staff began to focus on Saxton’s gameplay, looking to turn her into a true weapon. “[We would talk about] her offensive game, how to hit different shots, deal with different sets,

move the ball around and keep the defense on its toes,” Werneke said.

Then, after just one season with the Knights, her teammates voted her and Godfrey team cocaptains for the 2009 season.

To have earned the entire team’s trust like that in one year was no small feat, Werneke said.

“She was voted team captain by her teammates,” Werneke said. “There’s no better acceptance than that.

They’ve embraced her not only as a player but as a person, and that’s been one of the good stepping stones for our program.”

That very same team captain now has 319 kills, eclipsing last year’s mark by 110, and is just 90 shy of cracking RU’s all-time top10 for kills in a season.

While cracking that list may not happen this year with four games left to play, Werneke believes that Saxton has potential to be something truly great.

“Anything’s possible,” Werneke said. “I wouldn’t rule anything out. If she continues [to work on] some of the things we think she can improve on, she will improve. Hopefully we [can be] a little better along the board and not rely on her so much, so hopefully we can spread our offense a little more, but then that can only improve her success rate.”

For the rest of the season, Saxton simply looks to exert the same, if not more effort into her work, now that she has a Big East Honor Roll mention under her belt.

“I tr y the hardest to be the best I can, so it’s nice to have some recognition,” Saxton said. “But I’m doing better this season because of our team doing better.”

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Greg Schiano said yesterday at practice that the new recruiting lounge, to be erected in the middle of the student section at Rutgers Stadium, is still on schedule as far as he knows.

The recruiting lounge should be up and running by Dec. 5 when West Virginia comes to town to close out the regular season.

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named one of 30 men’s candidates for the 2009-10 Lowe’s Senior Class Award. In order to be eligible for such an award, a student-athlete must be classified as a Division I senior and have notable achievements in the four C’s of excellence — classroom, character, community and competition.

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loss to West Virginia in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament Sunday knocked the Rutgers women’s soccer team down to 12th in the national polls.

Prior to the loss, the Scarlet Knights were No. 9 in the country — the highest rating in school history.

SENIOR RUTGERS swimmer Shayna Longacre won the women’s swimming and diving Big East Athlete of the Week award after placing first in three individual events last weekend in a meet with Connecticut and Villanova.

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since a loss to the Harlem Globetrotters, the Syracuse Orange’s men’s basketball team lost in an exhibition to Division II Le Moyne.

No. 25 Syracuse lost 82-79 when Le Moyne’s Christian Johnson scored 17 points in the second half, including a gamewinning three-pointer with 8.3 seconds left in the game.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS pitcher Vicente Padilla may not have pulled a Plaxico Burress, but it’s safe to say that he did not enjoy Tuesday night.

Padilla accidentally shot himself in the leg while hunting in his native Nicaragua.

Adam Katz, his agent, said to The Los Angeles Times that Padilla spent less than an hour in the hospital before being released and that he’s “fine.”

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CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN Rutgers shuts out West Virginia in Big East Tournament opener

BY KYLE FRANKO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

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Sophomore forward Ibrahim Kamara opened the Scarlet Knights’ account with a fifth-minute goal last night against West Virginia. Rutgers went on to defeat the Mountaineers 2-0 in the first round of the Big East Tournament.

It was a dream start that nobody on the Rutgers men’s soccer team could have drawn up better.

Ibrahim Kamara scored five minutes into the game, giving MEN’S SOCCER the Scarlet Knights RUTGERS 2 a lead they never WEST VIRGINIA 0 relinquished in a 2-0 victor y over West Virginia last night at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium in the opening round of the Big East Tournament.

“The guys were great tonight,” said Rutgers head coach Bob Reasso. “[West Virginia] didn’t have very much of the ball in the first half and we were very good at keeping the ball in the first half, and I thought we totally controlled the pace and tempo.”

Kamara slipped behind the Mountaineer back line before maneuvering around goalkeeper Zach Johnson for his team-leading seventh goal of the season. “[Kamara’s] been great all year for us,” Reasso said. “He came in a little bit out of shape last year and didn’t do what we wanted him to, but he got himself in shape prior to this season.

He holds the ball as well as any forward in the country and that’s his fourth game-winner of the year. He’s been exceptional.”

Freshman Dan Parr doubled RU’s advantage in the 32nd minute when he headed home a corner from sophomore Robbie McLarney. It was the midfelder’s second goal in as many games.

Reasso said the second goal brought out the desperation in West Virginia (7-5-6). The Mountaineers pushed forward two goals behind, and despite outshooting RU 18-12, they could not breach the goal of sophomore Alex Morgans.

The George Mason transfer finished with four saves.

“I thought we played well in the second half and their stats were a bit inflated,” Reasso

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Beatty brings Ranked Brown back in circle after redshirt up-tempo style to new-look O

BY ALEX JANKOWSKI STAFF WRITER

BY MATTHEW STEIN SPORTS EDITOR

It is really hard to transition to an uptempo offense without a point guard that can effectively run it.

The Rutgers men’s basketball team ran into that problem last MEN’S BASKETBALL year. Without a true pass-first, open-floor point guard — Anthony Farmer was better suited for the halfcourt set — the Scarlet Knights floundered between halfcourt ball screens and sloppy transition play that often led to turnovers.

Enter James Beatty.

“We want to push the ball and push the tempo,” the junior point guard said. “We want to play fast and that’s how I like to play. I like to play up-tempo style in the open court, being able to use all my abilities. I think it’s going to benefit my game a lot.”

To run the Knights to the style he really wants to — often referring to his vision as that of a North Carolina-style offense — RU head coach Fred Hill Jr. admittedly

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After redshirting his senior year, 197 lbs. Lamar Brown, left, returns to the mat intending to go back to the NCAA Tournament. Brown won the starting spot in his weight class during Monday’s Wrestle-Offs.

Poised to make a return to the NCAA Tournament, fifth-year senior Lamar Brown wants to fulfill his dream of WRESTLING reaching the podium to put Rutgers wrestling in the national spotlight.

But even if he falls short of this accolade, Brown is still a poster child for hard work and determination.

Brown sustained injuries in a horrific car accident that took place between his freshman and sophomore years of high school, including a broken collarbone, two torn vertebrate retinas — one in each eye — and a lateral meniscus that tore twice before having to be completely removed from his left knee.

These are injuries that would have derailed anybody’s hope of athletic stardom, but not Brown’s.

After numerous rehabilitations Brown’s hard work culminated in a fourth-place finish in the NJSIAA High School Championships in his senior year.

“I love the sport of wrestling and I know I have what it takes to

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